Combination seat and paper pad.



F. J. GRAVES. COMBINATION SEAT AND PAPER PAD.

' APPLICATION FILED rwzs. 1915.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

COLUMBIA DLANOORAPH 60.,wA5mNrrroN. n. c.

FRANK J. GRAVES, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINATION SEAT AND PAPER PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1%15.

Original application filed June 19, 1914, Serial No. 845,907. Divided and this application filed February 25,

Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Seats and Paper Pads, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to new and useful improvements in sanitary water closet seats, being a divisional application of my co-pending application for sanitary water closet seats, filed June 19, 1914, and bearing the Serial No. 845,907.

The primary object of my present inven tion consists in the provision of a novel form of all metallic seat.

A further object of my invention is the provision ofja novel reinforcing means for the seat, the reinforcing means being such that protective pads may be positioned upon the seat and secured thereto, if desired. And a still further object'of my invention consists in providing a seat structure substantially U-shaped, the seat being open at the front and the inner edges of the side walls and certain of their outer edges being of right line extent.

WVith these and other objects in view, my

invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and then specifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part of this application.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved closet seat with the protective pads in place, the cover being broken away to disclose the construction of the seat, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the line 22 of Fig. 1, illustrating certain details in the seat and pad construction, and also showing my novel cover supporting hinge in elevation, Fig. 3 is a-fragmentary transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, illustrating one method of securing the protective pads in place, and Fig. 4: is a fragmentary top plan View showing my improved cover supporting hinge.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated -in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

My improved seat together with its pro-,

Serial No. 10,544.

tective pads and cover may be applied to closet hoppers of various forms and sizes without material structural changes. The seat. may be formed of either wood or metal, or in fact, of any material which may be found suitable, sheet metal being preferred.

The seat proper, indicated as a whole by the numeral 10, includes a body in the form of a keystone-shaped frame, the outer perlpheral edges of which may be rounded somewhat to conform to the curvature of the hopper 11, if desired. This frame is open at its forward ends as shown to provide a two winged seat construction of more or less conventional shape. It should be noted however, at this point, that the rear inner edge l0 of the seat body is of right line extent and that the rear side portions 10 of such body are also of right line extent being formed at equal angles to the rear edge portion. Furthermore, the forward edge por-' tions 10 which extend at equal angles to the rear side portions and which are considerably longer, are also of right line extent. In other words, the inner peripheral edge of the seat is made up of a plurality of straight edge portions, this being advisable to facilitate the proper positioning of the protective pads, as will be later explained.

The body of the seat 10 is preferably stamped and formed from a single sheet of metal of suitable weight and quality, the edge portions of the seat being bent to provide downwardly directed flanges 12 having inwardly directed terminals 13 in order to present smooth rounded edges and consequently, provide a neat seat structure. A reinforcing member 14 preferably extends throughout the seat from one end to the other being curved to correspond substantially to the curvature of the seat; and such member is proportioned to project below the lower end edges of the seat and engage directly upon the upper face of the hopper or bowl 11. All downward pressure upon theseat is therefore supported not by the inwardly and downwardly turned edge portions of the seat, but by the reinforcing member. This member, while it may be made in other forms, is preferably T-shaped in cross-section with its stem preferably depending downwardly. Furthermore, at spaced intervals, this depending stem portion is preferably provided with downporting member may be secured to the hop-1 per by stay bolts 17 or any other suitable fastening means, and the seat is connected ent protective pads 19 each of which is-made up of a plurality ofsuperimposed sheets of tissue,

to it by spaced hinges 18 of any desired type.

In connection, with the above described seat, I employ two separate and'independ paper. This paper may be some form of or it may be either oiled'or otherwise chemically treated to prevent stain of any other than'the uppermost sheet. The general shape of these pads, before application to the sidesor wings of the seat, is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, where it will be seen that each pad comprises a body portion I corresponding substantially to the shape of one of the wings and provided along its in? ner edges with extending flaps a and b, and along its outer edges with flaps 0 and (Z, these flaps being so formed that when fold.-

ed around beneath the downwardly and in-v 'wardly turned edges of-the seat, the pad as a whole will present a neat appearance:

The flaps are of such length as to extend past the free edges of the seat into juxtaposition to the reinforcing member 14 as'best I shown in Fig. 3. This reinforcing member at suitable intervals, is provided with spring clips 20 which are preferably arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the reinforcing member. Each of these spring clips consists of a strip of resilient metal secured byone end to the downwardly directed portion of the by a rivet 21 or other suitable fastening means, the intermediate portion of such strip'being bowed outwardly, as is also the free end portion, that part between such portions, bearing firmly against the reinforcing member. The flaps of the pads'at points corresponding to the location of these clips, are perforated to receive wire hooks or fastening devices 22, which are also adapted to engage the spring clips, as shown in Fig. 3. Instead of these hooks, single lengths of suitable wire may be passed through the perforations and wound, or otherwise engaged about the spring clips when the pads are applied. Because of the forming of the inner peripheral edges of the seat in right line sections, as previously 7 described, the inner inturned edges of the pads fit smoothly against the inner edges of the seat, the result being a neat and finished structure. V

reinforcing member A cover 23, either of hollow metal construction or of wood as preferred, is 'supstruction of which are clearly shown in Figs. 2 and t of the drawings Each hinge includes abody portion 25 which is pivotally mounted uponva pin 26 extending between spaced brackets 27 secured'to the rear portion of the upper face of'the'cover 23, i

the body member in advance of these-brackets being curved upwardly and forwardlyandthen downwardly into spaced relation V her or other suitable material. Immediatelyat the rear of the brackets 27', the'body member is widened or laterally thickened to provide stop shoulders 30 which limit the extent to which the cover may swing away from the downturned end 28 of the body of the hinge. The rear end of the hinge body terminates in aneyeSl which is substantially in horizontal alinement with rounded, intermediate portion. 32 of a' U- shaped bracket extends through this eye'and forms the main pivot pin'for' the'hinge, the lower terminals of this bracket being'ento the cover-as shown at 28, such end'being prov ded with a cushioning plug 29 of rubthe pivot pin 26 and the upwardly bowed,

larged and perforated to'provide attaching ears 33. Stay bolts'3 i or other suitable fastenin 1 means are assed throu h the er forations of theseears tosecure the hinge to the hinge supporting member l6 and the hopper.

From the foregoing hinges taken in 00111166131011 with the drawdescription of the ings, theiroperation will be readily-under- V stood. Upon first starting to'raise the cover 23, the latter swings about the pivot pins 26 until brought into engagement with the cushioning plug 29 of the hingebodies, after which the hinge bodies and cover iswing I together about the pivot portions 3230f the hinge brackets. Upon lowering the seat,

the coverswings away from the bodies of the hinges until such swinging movement is checked by the engagement of the shoulders 30 with the brackets 27 after which the cover and hinge body swingtogether about the brackets 32, until the cover engages the seat. By providing two pivot supports for each hinge, and thus ineffect,

making a compound hingefit will be apparent that the cover '23 will, at all times,

when lowered be in horizontal position irrespective of the thickness of thepads in terposed between the seat proper and said cover which would not be the case with a.

simple hingeof common Construction.

It will, ofcourse, be understoodfthat in using the seat, each user will tear ofi the uppermost sheets from the protective pads and fresh sheets will therefore, be presented to each user. It will further be understood that I do not wish to, in any way limit myself to the specific details of construction illustrated in the drawings and described in the above specification, as any minor changes either in construction or arrange ment, within the scope of the appended claims may be made, without in the slightest degree, departing from the spirit of my invention. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A closet seat including a body member formed from sheet metal, having its edge portions curved downwardly and inwardly, and a reinforcing member secured interiorly of the body member and extending throughout its length, said reinforcing member extending below the body member to engage a hopper and hold said body member thereabove.

2. A closet seat including a body member U-shaped in plan, and formed from a sheet of metal, having its edge portions curved downwardly and inwardly, and a reinforcing member T-shaped in section secured interiorly of the body member with a downwardly depending flange projecting below the bottom of the body member to engage a hopper.

3. A closet seat including a body member U-shaped in plan and formed from a sheet of metal, having its edge portions curved downwardly and inwardly, a reinforcing member U-shaped in plan to conform to the shape of the body member and T-shaped in section, secured interiorly of the body member with a downwardly depending flange projecting below the bottom of the body member to engage a hopper.

4. A closet seat including a body member U-shaped in plan, and formed from a sheet of metal, having its edge portions curved downwardly and inwardly, a reinforcing member U-shaped in plan to conform to the shape of the body member and T-shaped in section secured interiorly of the body mem ber, with a downwardly depending flange projecting below the bottom of the body member to engage a hopper, the inner edges of the body member being of right line extent.

5. A closet seat including a body member U-shaped in plan, and formed from a sheet of metal, having its edge portions curved downwardly and inwardly, a reinforcing member U-shaped in plan to conform to the shape of the body member and T-shaped in section, secured interiorly of the body member, with a downwardly depending flange projecting below the bottom of the body member to engage a hopper, the inner edges of the body member being of right line extent and the outer forward edges being also of right line extent.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J. GRAVES. [n s.]

Witnesses:

ERNESTINE H. ARNOLD, CHARLES H. BARROWS.

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